What is the best 3d program?

Um have you ever used Bryce 5 or seen some of the stuff done with it? Does Vue have a volumetric world, Quicktime VR export, quick picture-3D modeling, A tree lab, a verry unadvanced sky lab or a invisible manuel?

Vue? Under Rated ? It got the same as Bryce. Maybe macworld did a different rating but Macaddict gave it a good one. I have tried Vue and I like it but I guess I'm just used to bryce's werid interface.

We (well specifically Adam) started using Cinema 4D because of the render quality (it's one of the best renderers out there) and now it's got rather nice soft IK and particles. With version 8 Maxon has started breaking the bundle down to a more reasonably priced basic kit with the various plugins being add ons or available in 'studio' packs.

Lightwave is a bit of an old Amiga hanger on. It's a good package, but the interface takes a lot of learning and now Maya and C4D are the same price or lower, it's looking a bit creaky.

Just been playing with C4D's Xpresso scripting. If you've ever played with Reaktor (the synth creation kit) or Max (the similar sound creation kit), you'll feel right at home

I have fiddled around with the demo of Amorphium and it's really cool. The UI is sorta weird, but it doesn't bother me that much. It's very easy to learn, and you can create quick models that look good in almost no time!